I have read some reviews on the Mini that have mentioned there were substantial channel changing delays when paired with Premieres (4 and XL4). Is the same the case for the Roamio TiVos? Or does it change quicker for those models?

I have read some reviews on the Mini that have mentioned there were substantial channel changing delays when paired with Premieres (4 and XL4). Is the same the case for the Roamio TiVos? Or does it change quicker for those models?

I had the same concern. In my experience there is not a noticable / annoying delay in channel changes on a Mini paired with Roamio (connected by MOCA).

Sweet, thanks for the input! Now I have to decide whether or not to sell my 2 tuner premiere (with lifetime subscription) and buy a mini (with lifetime). At the onset, I will probably break even, I'm just thinking of savings from not having an additional cablecard ($5/month). Not sure if it's worth it?

Sweet, thanks for the input! Now I have to decide whether or not to sell my 2 tuner premiere (with lifetime subscription) and buy a mini (with lifetime). At the onset, I will probably break even, I'm just thinking of savings from not having an additional cablecard ($5/month). Not sure if it's worth it?

For me, I thought it was!

Replacing "full" TiVos with Minis saved me having to pay for additional cable cards (and that stupid "multi-outlet" fee), and it saves a little more each month from using less electricity.

The Mini's don't need tuning adapters, so there's less cables/clutter. And they really are totally silent (not that I found the noise from the Premieres to be an issue).

I also found that the user interface on the Mini is leaps and bounds more responsive than the user interface on the Premiere.

I ended up swapping all of the "bedroom" Premiere/S3 OLEDs around my house out for Minis a few months ago and don't regret it. There's been a few teething issues, but everyone really seems to enjoy the Minis in the bedrooms better.

There's been a few teething issues, but everyone really seems to enjoy the Minis in the bedrooms better.

What were the teething issues you speak of?

I just replaced 2 of my Series 3 TiVOs with a Roamio Pro and a Mini, and I already had replaced a third Tivo HD with a Mini connected to a Premiere 4. Now I'm thinking about getting rid of the Premiere in favor of a 3rd Mini. The Pro has more than enough HD space, I can't stand how slow the Premiere is, and I can save $18/month in service and cable card fees.

One died (no video) after four months or so. Had it replaced by TiVo, and other than confusion on my end about why I had to 'consume' my TiVo 3-Year Extended Warranty to have it replaced when it wasn't even a year old yet, it was a painless process.

Occasionally, when watching a show on a Mini, when it got towards the last few minutes of the show, the Mini would say that it lost connection with the Roamio. Haven't had that happen in awhile, so I'm guess a software update helped with that?

One of the Mini's would go into a reboot loop when the TV it's plugged into was turned off. The Fall software update was supposed to fix that, but it didn't. I put a $9 HDMI switch between the TiVo and the TV and that solved the problem.